When a shooter's violent video goes viral

Name: When a shooter's violent video goes viral
Uploaded: 2015-08-28T00:24:43Z
Duration: P586S
Description: A shocking, televised murder in Virginia has provoked a wide array of questions about the shooter and how horrific images go viral online. Gwen Ifill speaks with Deborah Potter of NewsLab, Lance Ulanoff, chief correspondent and editor-at-large at Mashable, and Barry Rosenfeld of Fordham University.

Clip: 08/27/2015 | 9m 46s

A shocking, televised murder in Virginia has provoked a wide array of questions about the shooter and how horrific images go viral online. Gwen Ifill speaks with Deborah Potter of NewsLab, Lance Ulanoff, chief correspondent and editor-at-large at Mashable, and Barry Rosenfeld of Fordham University.

Aired: 08/27/15

Rating: NR

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